We are the Joneses - The Official Texas Longhorns Athletics Thread

[DAlbert]

Why would Gilbert need to dumb-down the offense for Swoopes?

I'm pretty sure Swoopes can do shyt like this



my issue is Swoopes looks like a deer in headlights at times and completely forgets where he is. Whenever the time is right I rather just throw Shane in and just start building for 2017 . Off the run game and improved defense this team is winning 8, but 2017 should be

 

[lightskin jermaine]

Why would Gilbert need to dumb-down the offense for Swoopes?

because thats been the pattern for swoopes since he's been starter. there is a role for him on the team and in special packages, i just don't think he's a better qb in this offense than shane.

 

[rantanamo]

Strong gonna be fired if it's 6-7 wins?

depends on how that looks. Hard fought season where they close with 4 in a row or something like that and recruiting momentum and he stays. Looks bad and he's gone. Recruiting momentum and overall perception might be most important for this season. The team will be good next year. This season will determine if that can be sustained or just a 2 year anamoly.

 

[dtownreppin214]

depends on how that looks. Hard fought season where they close with 4 in a row or something like that and recruiting momentum and he stays. Looks bad and he's gone. Recruiting momentum and overall perception might be most important for this season. The team will be good next year. This season will determine if that can be sustained or just a 2 year anamoly.

i dont even think it matters how it looks since 6-7 wins means a bowl game. plus barring a complete collapse, i cant see them firing gilbert/maddox after only 1 year.

 

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[...o3]

"Sources with knowledge of what’s happening at Texas practice told Horns247 this week that redshirt freshman Kai Locksley had been working at wide receiver.

Charlie Strong has yet to announce a move, Jerrod Heard told reporters this week that Locksley was still working at quarterback and Locksley even issued a message on his Twitter account suggesting any such move might just be an experiment.

It appears as though the former Under Armour All-America wideout is now going to stay predominantly somewhere other than behind center.

Locksley has been moved from quarterback to wide receiver on the school’s official roster. The 6-foot-4, 198-pound Baltimore (Md.) Gilman product practiced at inside receiver when he was at the position this week, sources said, and he hasn’t taken many quarterback reps in camp with senior Tyrone Swoopes and true freshman Shane Buechele splitting the vast majority of the quarterback reps evenly, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

The move could greatly benefit Locksley and Texas.

With Lorenzo Joe out for an undetermined amount of time and DeAndre McNeal transferring out of the program following an indefinite suspension the Longhorns can use the depth. Heard (6-3, 201), who himself moved from quarterback to wide receiver in recent weeks, has been working behind fourth-year junior Jake Oliver as the bigger inside receiver; senior Jacorey Warrick and true freshmen Davion Curtis and Devin Duvernay have taken the reps at the other inside position.

As for Locksley, the battle between Swoopes and Buechele and the tremendous progress shown by redshirt freshman Matthew Merrick in camp made it hard for him to find work behind center. Swoopes will depart following the 2016 season, but the arrival of Austin Westlake four-star quarterback Sam Ehlinger in January means the Longhorns will have enough bodies working at quarterback that Heard and Locksley will be free to help the offense elsewhere."

 

[DAlbert]

Sunday, August 28, 2016


Phil Steele Blog • June 20, 2016
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% of Tackles Returning

Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my NCAA Experience Chart. For seven years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better by adding new categories like Career Starts on Offensive line, % of Offensive Yards returning, % of Defensive Yards returning and % of lettermen returning.


Today I will look at the % of tackles returning. I took all of the tackles made by the team a year ago and then took all of the returning tackles from 2015 and divided it into that number for the percentage.

Last year at the top of the list was Notre Dame which had 90.89% of their total tackles returning from 2014 and they went from 8-5 to 10-3! Temple was #2 with 89.91% and they went from 6-6 to 10-4.

At the bottom of the list last year was #128 Syracuse which had just 29.30% of their tackles returning and #127 Oregon St which had just 29.71% back. Syracuse went from allowing 349 ypg to 439 while Oregon St went from yielding 31.6 ppg all the way up to 37.0 ppg. South Alabama was #126 with just 35.79% back and they imploded going from 26.4 ppg allowed in 2014 to 37.3 ppg in 2015!

This year the most veteran defenses are all teams I expect to improve their records this year. Arkansas leads the way with 86.76% of its tackles returning. #2 Army West Point (84.95%) and #3 Wyoming (84.20%).

At the bottom of the list are #128 Utah St which has just 27.25% of its tackles returning the only team under 30% this year. Illinois at 127 which has just 35.35% of its total tackles back.

Phil Steele

28 Texas 73.09%

121 Notre Dame 42.57% (doesn't even include Max Redfield's departure)

 

[DAlbert]

Here is the list entering last year of % of returning tackles

Phil Steele

120. Texas 42.95%

Clemson and Stanford were one of the few teams to overcome experience (both returned about 44%), but Stanford did lose early to Northwestern iirc

 

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[...o3]

...anyone else watching this ou/houston game? i know it's early, but i'm very impressed with ou...not so much with houston. if this is their audition to show why they belong in the '12, then they better come with it.

idk, maybe they're just interested in coming in and filling the void of being the constant bottom feeders or just going the a&m little sister route. i hope that's not the case though, if so, then we're going to do to them what many west virginian red neck big brothers have been doing to their little sisters for centuries............................................................................f**k 'em.

 

[DAlbert]

...anyone else watching this ou/houston game? i know it's early, but i'm very impressed with ou...not so much with houston. if this is their audition to show why they belong in the '12, then they better come with it.

idk, maybe they're just interested in coming in and filling the void of being the constant bottom feeders or just going the a&m little sister route. i hope that's not the case though, if so, then we're going to do to them what many west virginian red neck big brothers have been doing to their little sisters for centuries............................................................................f**k 'em.

I know you made a early post ... but man if Texas gets killed tomorrow that hot seat for Charlie is going to be scorching .

I hate to admit this, but Herman is a way better gameday coach than Strong. Regardless I'm rooting for Strong cause I believe in the potential with him as a coach.

 

[jay211]

I'm rooting for Strong. But if he doesn't win 8 games. The boosters are giving Todd Herman 8 million a year to come to Texas.

 

[DAlbert]

I'm rooting for Strong. But if he doesn't win 8 games. The boosters are giving Todd Herman 8 million a year to come to Texas.

Off the fukking rip

Charlie has laid a great foundation, if Herman is the next coach I'm going to be annoyed that he will take all the credit

 

[...o3]

...not with minor applewhite running the offense.

 

[jay211]

If we don't want Applewhite, Herman will give him the boot. And I agree with homie above, it will be sad Herman will get the credit for Strong's recruits. Let's hope Strong wins 8 games so we won't have this discussion. Go HORNS!